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Author:

Zou, Hui, 1967-

Title:

A Jesuit garden in Beijing and early modern Chinese culture / Hui Zou.

Publisher:

Purdue University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

190 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Yuan Ming Yuan (Beijing, China)--History.
Historic gardens--Beijing.--Beijing.
Gardens, European--Beijing--Beijing--History--18th century.
Jesuits--Beijing--Beijing--History--18th century.
Kangxi,--Emperor of China,--1654-1722.
Qianlong,--Emperor of China,--1711-1799.
Gardens--Beijing--Beijing--History--History--18th century.
Gardens--History--Beijing--Beijing--History--18th century.
Landscape gardening--Beijing--Beijing--History--18th century.
China--Civilization--1644-1912.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

A theoretical and historical introduction to the Chinese garden -- The Chinese garden and the concept of the virtue of round brightness -- The Chinese garden and the concept of the vision of jing -- The Chinese garden and Western linear perspective -- The Chinese garden and the concept of the line method -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Kangxi's record of the Garden of Uninhibited Spring -- Appendix 2: Kangxi's record of the Mountain Hamlet for Summer Coolness -- Appendix 3: Qianlong's later record of the Mountain Hamlet for Summer Coolness -- Appendix 4: Qianlong's record of the Village of Ten Thousand Springs -- Appendix 5: Qianlong's record of Kunming Lake by Longevity Hill -- Appendix 6: Qianlong's record of the Garden of Clear Ripples on Longevity Hill -- Appendix 7: Qianlong's record of the Best Spring of China on Jade-Spring Hill -- Appendix 8: Qianlong's record of the Garden of Tranquil Pleasure.

Series:

Comparative cultural studies

ISBN:

1557535833
9781557535832

OCLC:

(OCoLC)670480796

LCCN:

2010044565

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)